Pakistan’s locally-manufactured EVMs are better than India’s: Shibli Faraz

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Expressing a tremendous amount of confidence in Pakistan’s electronic voting machine (EVM) technology, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz insisted that our locally-manufactured…

PM Imran Khan inaugurates Pakistan’s first smart forest in Sheikhupura

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

In a project that is being called “one of the biggest projects in Pakistan’s history”, Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday inaugurated the country’s first-ever…

Shibli Faraz outlines his grand vision for science and tech in Pakistan

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Federal Minister for Science and Technology Shibli Faraz is of the view that developments in science and technology should be such that they benefit the…

PM Imran Khan recommends drone tech to monitor encroachment in the capital

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Prime Minister Imran Khan has directed the relevant authorities in Islamabad to come up with a systematic plan of action to keep encroachments in the…

Fawad Chaudhry talks about fifth-gen warfare, says it’s not a philosophy but a reality

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Sunday stated that digital media was the future and that the government was working on a…

Pakistan will get a boost towards the new era if it benefits from IT: President Alvi

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

President Arif Alvi believes that Pakistan is ripe for progress at an incredible scale and can count itself among the most important countries in the…

SMS and cellular services offered by operators are below standard, reveals PTA survey

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The latest Quality of Service (QoS) survey conducted by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has revealed a damning, if somewhat unsurprising, piece of insight: services…

Govt to import low-cost grain storage tech from Argentina

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan is looking to elevate its agricultural potential by investing in high-tech mechanisms. In this regard, the government is planning to import affordable and advanced…

Business is booming: Pakistan bags Top 10 ranking in business environment improvement

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

Pakistan is becoming a more business-friendly place, a fact that is now being backed up by its impressive surge through the international rankings in terms…

NA passes STZA Act to attract more foreign investment in the tech sector

By Hamza Zakir ⏐ 4 years ago ⏐ Newspaper Icon Newspaper Icon 2 min read

The National Assembly (NA) has passed the Special Technology Zone Authority Act, 2021 to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in the nation’s tech sector. As…

Get Alerts